Reading Time: 2 minutes 2008 revolutionized our expectations for commodity prices but it didn’t put an end to sleepless nights on the farm. 2012 will see farmers taking more control. Here are three of the ways they’ll do it. 1. Roughly one-third of our farms have no successors. On another third, there’s a chance that the children might want […] Read more
Here’s why 2012 will be different
BIG IDEA: Built for success
Yes, incorporation is a powerful business planning tool — but don’t make the mistake of assuming it will be a permanent, painless solution to your farm transfer questions
Reading Time: 5 minutes It’s no secret to anyone, says University of Saskatchewan economist Bill Brown. The past two generations have produced an enormous shift in the structure and nature of farms in Canada. Long gone are the section-sized Prairie grain operations and the 100-acre family farms in the East. They’ve been swallowed up by bigger and bigger operations, […] Read moreA message from April Stewart, Country Guide's Associate Editor
